In case you didn’t know, Staten Island is actually a pretty green place. In fact, New York’s least densely-populated borough is set to build the city’s first green police precinct.
The New York Photo Festival in Dumbo was the place to be this weekend for anyone interested in contemporary photography. That’s why I was surprised to see a 1922 historic carved wood carousel completely rehabilitated to it’s original condition among the the photo galleries in the waterfront area of Brooklyn, under the Manhattan Bridge overpass.
For many people New York City is all about grand scale, but for a designer, the city is about the details. Bill Stubbs visits some favorite haunts and people.
Topics include what legislation he has successfully and unsuccessfully championed, and what his final state budget might look like, among other issues. Our guests are Doug Doyle, news director at …
• Orientalism in New York, 1850-1980
• Weavings from Timbuktu and Tibet
• Betrayed at the Culture Project
• The Single Object Still Life
• Shaker Design
• Momix at the Joyce Theater
NYC Gardens
In a city of concrete and glass, it may surprise you to know that New York City contains hundreds of public gardens–there are flower-filled rooftops, serene Zen gardens inside …
The NYBG, located in the Bronx, opened it’s Pfizer Plant Research Lab in the spring of 2006. Soon after, NY Voices did an episode on the lab, interviewing three researchers about the goals, projects and archives of the lab and gardens. Watch entire episode.
Curator Naomi Beckwith guides the viewer through this broad show of young African modern artists, designers and architects, which runs at the Studio Museum though June 29.
Human longing is at the forefront of this week’s Reel 13 short films. A son comforts his dying mother, sweethearts struggle for a deeper connection, and a loner seeks companionship. You voted. Now find out which film won.
From New York’s crown jewel, Central Park, to the nation’s first county park, take a tour of New York and the surrounding area’s noteworthy parks.
